Today me & Louis rush to the Batu Berendam Airport to catch Riau Airlines knowing it departed from Pekan Baru, Indonesia at 1625. The flight takes about 2hours. By the time we arrived there, it was already landed So we decided to take some pics at the fence beside the terminal.

This is what i got:

Pilot in the making :

And then we were told by the guard it will depart shortly. So we drove to the other side to catch the take-off.

Good catch wor Simon in Melaka. Didn't know that Riau airlines is flying to Melaka. Saw their F50 in KUL years ago before they axed the route. I think they plane landed in wrong place as Melaka is not Kampar.

Not bad, the guard there even informed you guys about the departure and not ask you guys to "beredar".

Keep the Melaka spotting thread alive by adding more photos from time to time.

Good catch wor Simon in Melaka. Didn't know that Riau airlines is flying to Melaka. Saw their F50 in KUL years ago before they axed the route. I think they plane landed in wrong place as Melaka is not Kampar.

Not bad, the guard there even informed you guys about the departure and not ask you guys to "beredar".

Keep the Melaka spotting thread alive by adding more photos from time to time.

it was indeed a great and tiring day for me ( friday ) ...... had to entertain my friends that came all the way from sabah , bring them jalan jalan before they continue their journey to singapore . Then 3.30 pm head for class till 4.30 , take a short break then continue to go malacca airport to spot the intended target , Riau Airlines F50 with Simon. My day does not end after spotting , went straight to cinema to catch Hancock , then went for a minum session , although was eager to come back and edit those shots and post it as soon as possible , had no choice , movie ticket has been bought priorly

anyway , Yes!, this was my first official spotting session at MKZ , indeed it offer me a differend kind of spotting and different thrill , catching one plane also hard .

Reach airport around 6.15 pm , Riau PK-RAS alrdy at the apron , a bit dissapointed coz we were hoping to catch her on final . But anyway , shot at apron will do , and yes , my closest F50 spotting experience , feel like can touch with my hand , joking la

anyway , here are my shots

first time seeing , hahaha , i was sooo excited to see her , it is strange , frankly , seeing a F50 at BKI is really different from seeing a F50 at MKZ .

sorry bout the cons

since we only have one plane to spot , try to shot as many , so this is suppose to be 3/4 section of the F50 , as seen , Visit Indonesia Year 2008

of course , not to miss the tail section of romeo alpha sierra

last but not least , malacca's beloved sky roamers , can hear it roaming about the sky above me almost all the time .

just now went spotting with chee yong , we went early today to catch Riau F50 arrival. So we decide to wait runway 21 to catch it's arrival . We have trouble to know which runway is active since there were no trainee pilot flying on Sunday. While waiting , i was thinking , if Riau land using runway 03 , then , we will be at the wrong place to catch it's arrival.

AND YES !!!!! , Riau really landed on runway 03 , We were so angry when we saw her tail sticking out from far and taxying toward the terminal . But nvm , one day sure we will catch her on arrival

first and foremost , sorry for the picture quality , all are heavily back litted , we have no choice

here are my take for today , sorry if it is boring , since we have only one a/c to shoot

The CAPT and his dutchlady

Who's inside ???

while waiting to depart , pilot and FSS take their time to have a chit chat

ground crew assisting this individual to board the F50

right engine started

at the stroke of sunset , the left engine started and Riau dutch lady PK- RAS ready to depart to Pekan Baru